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feature request - quick jump bar at the bottom

YanroyYanroy Posts: 96
edited 2005-08-19 18:22 in General Discussion
As if the subject wasn't enough info, allow me to explain.· I am forever reading down a lengthy thread and then I get to the bottom and want to go back to the forum index, but I have to scroll up to the top of the page and use either the links that go "parallax forums > public forums > etc" or the quick jump box.· Could you duplicate that whole bar at the bottom of the page?· The reason I don't like using my browser's back button is twofold: 1) if it's a multi-page thread, it won't take me back to the listing, but to the previous page, and 2) I like having the icon that tells me I read the thread be updated every time.· I'd like to point out that the "back to top" button in every post doesn't actually go up high enough for the quick jump bar to be visible, so I feel that that button is rather useless.

On a similar note, it'd be a cool feature to have a button that displays a multi-page thread as one really long page (for when I'm trying to waste time at work and feel like reading the post about the community supported milling machine as a giant novel [noparse];)[/noparse])

Thanks!

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  • danieldaniel Posts: 231
    edited 2005-08-18 20:59
    Yanroy said...

    On a similar note, it'd be a cool feature to have a button that displays a multi-page thread as one really long page (for when I'm trying to waste time at work and feel like reading the post about the community supported milling machine as a giant novel [noparse];)[/noparse])
    I dunno about your first question(s), but you can read the novel by clicking the Printable button in the upper-left quadrant of the window when a thread is current.· It lists the entire thread from earliest to most recent.

    Daniel
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2005-08-18 22:50
    In February, I had the same request...

    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=525521

    ...before I was hired by Parallax.

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    Parallax, Inc.
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2005-08-19 04:51
    Yanroy,

    It's an extra keystroke, but you can hit the "Home" key and it will bring you back to the top of the page without scrolling
    as an alternative to the "Back" button.

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    Beau Schwabe

    IC Layout Engineer
    Parallax, Inc.
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2005-08-19 18:22
    I use Beau's suggestion.· I simply hit Home, then click up one level on the links at the top to back up to the forum level, or top.

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    Chris Savage
    Parallax Tech Support
    csavage@parallax.com
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